US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on March 31 for "Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,997, issued on March 31, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor" was invented by Sergio Delgado (Irvine, Calif.), Eric Michael Oberwise (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Michael J. Popp (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Valve repair devices are disclosed herein. One valve repair device has a main shaft and a pair of paddles. The pair of paddles include a connection portion, an inner paddle portion, and an outer paddle portion. Each connection portion of the pair of paddles is connected to the main shaft. The pair of paddles are moveable between a...